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Dinah Sheridan obit

Film star Dinah Sheridan dies aged 92

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Actor was best known for her roles as the mother in The Railway Children and the 1953 comedy Genevieve 

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The film star Dinah Sheridan, who played the mother in The Railway Children, has died. Sheridan, 92, who also starred in the 1953 film comedy Genevieve, died peacefully at her home in Northwood, Middlesex on Sunday surrounded by her family, said her agent Gareth Owen.

Sheridan, the mother of actor Jenny Hanley and politician Sir Jeremy Hanley, was considered the quintessential English rose because of her elegance and understated beauty.

She was born Dinah Nadyejda Ginsburg in Hampstead, north London, in 1920 to a Russian father and German mother who were photographers to the royal family. Her first stage role came at the age of 12 and she subsequently went on tour as Wendy in Peter Pan which starred Charles Laughton as Captain Hook. Her film break came shortly and she appeared in such films as Irish And Proud of It (1938) until her career was interrupted by the second world war.

In 1942 she married actor Jimmy Hanley and had three children, one of whom died at birth. The couple appeared together in titles such as Salute John Citizen (1942), 29 Acacia Avenue (1945) and The Huggetts Abroad (1949). Sheridan's career peaked with the British comedy Genevieve (1953), co-starring John Gregson, Kenneth More and Kay Kendall.

 

Actress

Alan Davies in Jonathan Creek (1997)

Jonathan Creek

8.1

TV Series

Kathleen Gilmore

1999

1 episode

 

All Night Long (1994)

All Night Long

TV Series

Clare

1994

6 episodes

 

Ian McShane in Lovejoy (1986)

Lovejoy

7.8

TV Series

Dotty Mayhew

1992

1 episode

 

Angela Griffin and Dan Riley in Just Us (1992)

Just Us

8.8

TV Series

1992

7 episodes

 

Patricia Routledge in Keeping Up Appearances (1990)

Keeping Up Appearances

7.9

TV Series

The hotel guest

1991

1 episode

 

Tony Britton, Nigel Havers, and Dinah Sheridan in Don't Wait Up (1983)

Don't Wait Up

6.5

TV Series

Angela Latimer

1983–1990

38 episodes

 

Leslie Sands, Shaun Scott, and Dinah Sheridan in The Winning Streak (1985)

The Winning Streak

9.2

TV Mini Series

Frances Savage

1985

6 episodes

 

Paul McGann, Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, William Hartnell, Sylvester McCoy, Jon Pertwee, and Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who (1963)

Doctor Who

8.4

TV Series

Chancellor Flavia

1983

1 episode

 

All for Love

7.5

TV Series

Aunt Bevis

1983

1 episode

 

Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985)

Present Laughter

8.0

TV Movie

Liz Essendine

1981

 

Peter Davison and Robert Glenister in Sink or Swim (1980)

Sink or Swim

7.7

TV Series

Lady Interviewer

1981

1 episode

 

Elizabeth Taylor, Tony Curtis, Geraldine Chaplin, Rock Hudson, Angela Lansbury, Kim Novak, and Edward Fox in The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

The Mirror Crack'd

6.2

Lady Amanda Ridgeley ('Murder at Midnight')

1980

 

Hammer House of Horror (1980)

Hammer House of Horror

7.5

TV Series

Gwen

1980

1 episode

 

Sarah Greene, Sally Jane Jackson, Amanda Kirby, Ashley Knight, Dominic Savage, Jamie Cowell Parker, and Jayne Stevens in The Swish of the Curtain (1980)

The Swish of the Curtain

8.3

TV Series

Roma Seymore

1980

1 episode

 

Sykes (1972)

Sykes

7.4

TV Series

Barmaid

1979

1 episode

 

Liza Goddard, Nerys Hughes, Joanna Lumley, Bill Maynard, Patrick Mower, Jon Pertwee, Magnus Pyke, Victor Spinetti, and Mollie Sugden in Whodunnit? (1972)

Whodunnit?

7.9

TV Series

Mrs. Robinson

1977

1 episode

 

BBC Play of the Month (1965)

BBC Play of the Month

6.9

TV Series

Lady Adela

Lady Chiltern

1969–1976

2 episodes

 

George Cole, Bernard Hepton, Ron Moody, and Colin Welland in Village Hall (1974)

Village Hall

7.7

TV Series

Mrs. Isobel Hope

1975

1 episode

 

Marked Personal (1973)

Marked Personal

7.4

TV Series

Rosemary Forbes

1974

2 episodes

 

Don Henderson, Diane Keen, Peter Sallis, and Don Warrington in Crown Court (1972)

Crown Court

7.3

TV Series

Mrs. Harper-Frost

1974

3 episodes

 

Anouska Hempel and Anton Rodgers in Zodiac (1974)

Zodiac

7.0

TV Series

Susan Meade

1974

1 episode

 

Ooh La La! (1968)

Ooh La La!

8.6

TV Series

Raymonde Chandebise

1973

1 episode

 

Seasons of the Year

TV Series

Mama

1971

1 episode

 

Play for Today (1970)

Play for Today

7.8

TV Series

Matron

1971

1 episode

 

The Railway Children (1970)

The Railway Children

7.3

Mrs. Waterbury (as Miss Dinah Sheridan)

1970

 

Armchair Theatre (1956)

Armchair Theatre

7.6

TV Series

Nan

1968

1 episode

 

Genevieve (1953)

Genevieve

7.1

Wendy McKim

1953

 

Raiders in the Sky (1953)

Raiders in the Sky

6.4

Eve Canyon

1953

 

Gilbert and Sullivan (1953)

Gilbert and Sullivan

6.9

Grace Marston

1953

 

The Sound Barrier (1952)

The Sound Barrier

6.7

Jess

1952

 

Ivory Hunter (1951)

Ivory Hunter

6.2

Mary Payton

1951

 

Highly Dangerous (1950)

Highly Dangerous

6.0

Train passenger at checkpoint (uncredited)

1950

 

Blackout (1950)

Blackout

5.7

Pat Dale

1950

 

Dinah Sheridan and Hugh Sinclair in No Trace (1950)

No Trace

6.2

Linda

1950

 

Paul Temple's Triumph (1950)

Paul Temple's Triumph

5.7

Steve Temple

1950

 

Dark Secret (1949)

Dark Secret

5.8

Valerie Merryman

1949

 

The Huggetts Abroad (1949)

The Huggetts Abroad

5.7

The Huggett Family - Jane

1949

 

The Story of Shirley Yorke (1948)

The Story of Shirley Yorke

5.9

Shirley Yorke

1948

 

Calling Paul Temple (1948)

Calling Paul Temple

6.0

Steve Temple

1948

 

The Hills of Donegal (1947)

The Hills of Donegal

4.6

Eileen Hannay

1947

 

Chili Bouchier, Jimmy Hanley, and William Hartnell in Query (1945)

Query

6.8

Jill Masterick

1945

 

The Facts of Love (1945)

The Facts of Love

6.6

Pepper

1945

 

For You Alone (1945)

For You Alone

Stella White

1945

 

Jig-Saw

6.6

Short

Ann Erskine (uncredited)

1944

 

Get Cracking (1943)

Get Cracking

5.9

Mary Pemberton

1943

 

Salute John Citizen (1942)

Salute John Citizen

6.3

Evie

1942

 

Full Speed Ahead

Joan Barrymore

1940

 

Gallows Glorious

TV Movie

(1939 version)

1938

 

Richard Hayward in Irish and Proud of It (1938)

Irish and Proud of It

3.7

Moira Flaherty

1938

 

Merely Mr. Hawkins

Betty Hawkins

1938

 

Father Steps Out

6.8

Helen Hardcastle

1937

 

Behind Your Back

Kitty Hogan

1937

 

Landslide (1937)

Landslide

5.0

Dinah Shaw

1937

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